Homecoming Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I guess I should've written, dad
To let you know that I was coming home
[G]I've been gone so many years

[Verse 2]
I didn't realize you had a phone
[G]
[D]I saw your cattle coming in,
Boy they're looking mighty fat and slick
[G]I saw fred at the service station
[A]Told me that his wife is awful sick
[D]

[Verse 3]
You heard my record on the radio
Oh, well it's just another song
But I've [G]got a hit recorded
And it'll be out on the market
'fore too long

[Verse 4]
I got [D]this ring in mexico
No, it didn't cost me quite a bunch
When you're [G]in the business
that I'm in
[A]The people call it puttin' up a front
[D]

[Verse 5]
I know I've lost a little weight
I guess I am looking kind of pale
If you [G]didn't know me better, dad

[Verse 6]
You'd think that I'd just gotten out of jail
[G]
No, [D]we don't ever call them beer joints
Night clubs are the places that I work
[G]You meet a lot of people there, but no,
[A]There ain't much chance
of gettin' hurt
[D]

[Verse 7]
[B]
[E]I'm sorry that I couldn't be there with
you all when momma passed away
[A]I was on the road and when they
came and told me it was just too late

[Verse 8]
I [E]drove by the grave to see her, boy,
That really is a pretty stone
I'm [A]glad that fred and jan are here,
[B]It's better than you being here alone
[E]

[Verse 9]
Well I knew you's gonna ask me
Who the lady is that's
sleeping in the car
That's [A]just a girl who works for me
And, man, she plays a pretty

[Verse 10]
mean guitar
[A]
[E]We worked in San Antone last night,
She didn't even have the time to dress
She drove [A]me down from nashville and
[B]To tell the truth I guess she
needs the [E]rest

[Verse 11]
[E]Well, dad, I gotta go,
We got a dance to work
in cartersville tonight
[A]Let me take your number down,
I'll call you, and I promise you I'll write

[Verse 12]
Now you [E]be good and don't be chasin'
All those pretty women that you know
And by [A]the way if you see
barbara [B]walker
Tell her that I said "hello."
[E]